Former narcotics officer Gerald Goines faces two murder charges for instigating the home invasion that killed Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas.
Most states collect DNA from felony arrestees pretrial. They should need a warrant to do so.
The ruling notes that Breonna Taylor’s death resulted from the "late-night, surprise manner of entry."
U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson concluded that the alleged facts did not support penalty enhancements for violating the Fourth Amendment but left several other charges in place.
The Eighth Circuit held that plaintiffs had adequately alleged that school resource officers lacked probable cause to arrest them; note that nothing in the court's decision casts doubt on the school's ability to investigate or even briefly detain the students short of arrest.
The government needs a warrant to spy on you. So agencies are paying tech companies to do it instead.
Many circuit courts have said that law enforcement can hold your property for as long as they want. D.C.’s high court decided last week that’s unconstitutional.
Personal data retained by government or private entities are always at risk of compromise, misuse, or access by law enforcement.
"[A] person in possession of a firearm and a facially valid permit for that firearm had a clearly established right to be free from the kind of forcible and prolonged detention to which Soukaneh was subjected, absent any objective reason to suspect that the permit was forged or otherwise invalid."
"Roast[ing]" police officers may not generally be wise, but it is still generally constitutionally protected.
South Carolina's Operation Rolling Thunder targets cash and contraband but harasses guilty and innocent travelers alike.
Thus far, the courts have barred Curtrina Martin from asking a jury for damages. She is appealing to the Supreme Court.
An uneven playing field allows the aggressive tactics and legal loopholes that turn traffic stops into cash grabs.
Routine searches of commercial buses violate privacy, target low-income passengers, and result in widespread violations.
No arrest necessary as South Carolina police hunt for cash
A 21-month legal battle unveils the dark side of South Carolina's annual traffic crackdown.
Customs and Border Protection insists that it can search electronics without a warrant. A federal judge just said it can't.
An Illinois sheriff's deputy with a spotty employment history shot Sonya Massey in the face after responding to her report of a prowler.
Recent footage shows a federal agent attempting to search a citizen’s bag without their consent, despite precedent saying that’s illegal.
While the decision is great news for Tennesseans, it's only the first step in reclaiming Americans' property rights against the open fields doctrine.
A year after a court told Maryland police that Cellebrite searches were too broad, Baltimore quietly resumed using the software.
The state cut down private fruit trees and offered gift cards as compensation. It didn't solve the citrus canker problem.
The decision clears the way for a jury to consider Megan and Adam McMurry's constitutional claims against the officers who snatched their daughter.
The plaintiffs are challenging the state's widespread surveillance, which it collects through over 600 cameras.
Phoenix police are trained that "deescalation" means overwhelming and immediate force, whether or not it's necessary.
The town of Sturgeon initially defended the officer, saying he was afraid of being bitten by the 13-pound blind and deaf Shih Tzu.
The intelligence community is admitting that info from data brokers is sensitive but isn’t accepting hard limits on how to use it.
A New Jersey government watchdog said Street Cop Training instructors glorified violence, made discriminatory remarks, and offered unprofessional and unconstitutional advice to officers.
Victor Manuel Martinez Wario was jailed for a total of five days, spending three of those in special housing for sex offenders.
Priscilla Villarreal is appealing a 5th Circuit decision that dismissed her First Amendment lawsuit against Laredo police and prosecutors.
The 9th Circuit determined that forcibly mashing a suspect's thumb into his phone to unlock it was akin to fingerprinting him at the police station.
The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act would prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from purchasing data that they would otherwise need a warrant to obtain.
Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of tasks the government does well (yikes).
"I told everybody, 'Do what you want,'" Trump said on Friday night, as he let the deep state win again.
Plus: A fight over Section 702 spying reforms, Iran threatens Israel and the U.S., Trump's proposed tariff is even worse than we thought, and more...
Bruce Frankel was tased by a police officer in 2022 after his fiancee called 911 seeking medical help. Now he's suing.
Gerald Goines' lawyers argued that the indictment did not adequately specify the underlying felony of tampering with a government document.
Modern cars are smartphones on wheels, but with less protection for your data.
The Institute for Justice says its data show that a century-old Supreme Court doctrine created a huge exception to the Fourth Amendment.
A lawsuit from the Institute for Justice claims the law violates the Louisiana Constitution.
Amid fear of rising crime, let's take a careful and deliberate approach—lest innocent people lose their rights and property.
According to a new lawsuit, NYC's child protection agency almost never obtained warrants when it searched over 50,000 family homes during abuse and neglect investigations.
Deputy Jesse Hernandez, whose bullets miraculously missed the handcuffed suspect in the car, resigned during an investigation that found he "violated policy."
An analysis of appeals involving the doctrine finds that less than a quarter "fit the popular conception of police accused of excessive force."
R. Anthony Rupp III was cited and detained after he called a police officer an "asshole" after the cop nearly drove into two pedestrians.
Greg and Teresa Almond lost their house and livelihood over a misdemeanor drug crime. Sheriff's deputies never got a warrant to search their house.
A federal judge allowed a lawsuit against the officers to proceed, finding evidence of several constitutional violations.
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